After listening to Deng Baichuan's explanation, Murong Fu couldn't help but secretly thought, "God help me." However, the first priority now is to defend Xiangyang City, otherwise it will be difficult to achieve anything even if he occupies the middle of Shu. Without him, let's count down the people who were famous as Shu in history.

No country or force that centers on the earth will end well. He only wants to use Shu as a rear area for the Murong family, and does not use it as a starting point to fight for world hegemony.

After thinking for a long time, Murong Fu straightened his expression and said, "Deng Baichuan, Huo Qingtong, obey the order!"

"My subordinate is here!"

"The end is here!"

Deng Baichuan and Huo Qingtong bowed and responded.

Murong Fu's eyes flashed with determination, "Qingtong, I ordered you to lead Tianxuan's army to bypass Bashu and capture Qutang Pass, then seal off the news and standby, and send troops on the same day without any mistakes."

"The general will obey your orders!"

"Deng Baichuan and Tianshu's army were divided into three groups. The army on the south route commanded 50,000 troops. They detoured to Bashu and lurked in the middle of Shu. When the time came, they handed over the command to Huo Qingtong and captured the center of Shu in one fell swoop. The army on the west route commanded 50,000 troops.

Travel by day and night, and make detours to the vicinity of Pingjing Pass, ready to seize the pass at any time. You will personally lead the army of 100,000 on the north route, and go north along the river to completely eliminate all banditry from the Taihu Lake Basin to the Dongting Basin."

"My subordinates take orders!" Deng Baichuan was quite dissatisfied. Because the 50,000-strong army was allocated to Huo Qingtong, he had some doubts about whether he could come back. However, now he no longer dared to negotiate terms with Murong Fu and had no choice but to obey orders.

In addition, he could understand the intentions of the south route army, and he also understood the intentions of the west route army, but he didn't understand the intentions of the north route army at all. At this time, to suppress the bandits, and to dedicate a hundred thousand main force, wasn't it making a fuss out of a molehill?

Could it be that he simply wanted to suppress himself? After hesitating for a moment, he bravely asked, "May I ask, Master, why do we need to divide our troops to suppress the bandits at this time?"

Murong Furuo smiled meaningfully and said, "Sending out so many troops will cost a lot of money and food. We are businessmen. To make payments, we must have income. Don't you think so, Third Brother Bao?"

Everyone was confused. Bao BuTong, a monk as tall as two feet tall, was confused and had no idea where the so-called income was.

In the end, Tingfeng was the first to come back to his senses, "I know, the young master wants to rob those water bandits. In the young master's words, this is called 'cutting leeks'!"

As soon as this statement came out, everyone suddenly realized.

Gangs in the Yangtze River Basin, water bandits are like friends across the river. The more famous ones are Wuhumen, Giant Whale Gang, Haisha Gang, Twelve Links, etc. Don’t underestimate these gangs. Their reputation is far inferior to Wudang and Shaolin.

These big factions are no less wealthy when it comes to wealth, because they control the river transportation of the entire Yangtze River Basin.

There are two main ways for these gangs to make money. One is Chi Guoguo's robbery of passing merchants, such as the Twelve Links Station, and the other is relatively mild, such as the Wuhumen and Haisha Gangs. On the one hand, they control the river transportation.

, on the one hand, they collect protection fees and earn double profits. Of course, if they encounter some targets who have no background and are extremely wealthy, they will also adopt the more direct first method.

Since the Song Dynasty moved south and confronted the Jin Kingdom on the Yangtze River, the river transportation in the Yangtze River Basin has become increasingly chaotic. These gangs and bandit villages have developed wildly like wild grass. In the early years, when the Tianshu Army was wandering around the Yangtze River Basin, they did similar things.

business, and even wiped out a number of bandit villages, but within a few years, these weeds grew again.

And it's very dense.

Murong Fu gave Tingfeng an appreciative look, "Tingfeng really has some talent as a military advisor. How about I send you to the army and serve as a small military advisor to Brother Deng?"

Tingfeng pouted her little mouth and looked at him resentfully, "I don't want to hang out with a group of grown men. How can I be as comfortable as being with a young master?"

Everyone laughed, but the speaker was unintentional and the listener was intentional. Deng Baichuan did not think that Murong Fu was joking. Tingfeng's identity was extremely special. He was both Murong Fu's personal guard and the messenger of various organizations. Such a person was

If you are put into the army, will you be a military advisor?

As he thought about it, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart. It seemed that the rift between him and the young master was getting bigger and bigger. He sighed secretly and brought the topic back, "Young Master, I don't know what this bandit suppression is.

Should we uproot it or leave some behind?"

"You want to ask me this kind of question?" Murong Fu couldn't help but roll his eyes at him, "Those who are so rich like Twelve Links Wu can be uprooted directly, and some emerging small gangs can stay."

"I understand," Deng Baichuan said suddenly.

Murong Fu pondered for a moment, "After suppressing the bandits, you will lead the main force to Pingjing Pass to join the West Route Army in preparation for any eventuality."

"yes."

Then everyone discussed the specific details of sending troops, especially the route into Sichuan and Shu, which was very difficult. It was only at this time that Murong Fu understood why Xiangyang City would become a battleground for military strategists and the throat of the Central Plains, because Xiangyang City is to the north.

It can enter Nanyang and Luoyang, and can go directly to Jiangsu and Zhejiang to the east. To the south is Jingzhou, the two lakes and two Guangxi. There are flat rivers in three directions, and there are no barriers.

From this, we can also see why Temujin changed his previous strategy of dividing his troops and mobilized all the troops from the country to attack Xiangyang, because as long as he captured Xiangyang City, he would look at everything he faced regardless of whether he attacked the Jin Dynasty or the Song Dynasty. He understood this.

After one o'clock, Murong Fu was suddenly very excited and thought about whether to take Xiangyang City into his own hands.

Two hours later, Deng Baichuan and Huo Qingtong were talking so much that their mouths were dry. Murong Fu felt drowsy after listening, so he could only wave his hand and said, "You can decide your own marching route. There is no need to ask me. As for the issue of food and grass, you

Just ask Brother Bao San. The food route is safe, and I will ask Lingjiu Palace and the Sun Moon God Sect to fully cooperate with you."

"I will obey your orders."

Everyone followed the order and left. Murong Fu finally breathed a sigh of relief and sighed that this work was really not done by humans.

A'Zhu gently pressed Murong Fu's forehead and said teasingly, "Sir, now you know how hard it is for us people. If you just give an order, how many people below will use up so much effort and how many legs will be broken!"

Murong Fu was leaning on the golden throne, his head resting on the softness of A'Zhu's chest, "Raising an army for a thousand days and using it for a while, why didn't you tell me how much money I gave them, sir?"

A'Zhu chuckled lightly and said, "That's true. If you count all the heads of the Murong family, even if they have the strength of several generations, they are not as good as the young master's ten years of work. This shows that the young master's intelligence is so high that no one in the world can match it. With such a head of the family, I think

Brother Deng and the others will never complain even if they break a few more legs!"

Murong Fu suddenly reached out and grabbed her wrist, "A'Zhu, you suddenly have such a sweet mouth, you won't ask me for anything."

A'Zhu's face turned red, "No way, A'Zhu is just telling the truth."

"Really?" Murong Fu had a half-smile on his face, "Then I really don't care!"

A'Zhu's arm stiffened for a moment and he said coyly, "Well... Master, can you show mercy and bypass A'Zi this time?"

There was no surprise on Murong Fu's face. The only people who could worry A'Zhu were A'Zi and Ruan Xingzhu. He immediately said, "A'Zhu, I know you care about A'Zi, but this is not the way to go. You can save her once.

Two times may not guarantee the third time. If you don't teach her a lesson, she will get into trouble sooner or later."

A'Zhu was silent for a while and then said quietly, "Then let the young master do whatever he wants."

Murong Fu smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, I have my own sense of discretion. Go and bring her in."

A'Zhu sighed silently, left the hall, and soon brought A'Zi back.

"Azi, do you realize your mistake?" Murong Fu asked lightly without looking at her.

"Brother-in-law." AhZi called out very obediently. Her voice was soft and a little aggrieved, which made people feel pity for her.

Murong Fu couldn't help but take a glance, but was stunned. At this moment, he saw Ah Zi being tied up by Wu Hua Da, and his whole body was outlined and squeezed into beautiful arcs, which instantly made people's blood flow accelerate.

"Gulu..." Murong Fu swallowed subconsciously and asked A'Zhu, "Did you tie him up?"

A'Zhu rolled her eyes helplessly, "She tied it herself."

Ah Zi opened her mouth at the right moment and said, "Brother-in-law, Ah Zi really knows that he was wrong, so he went to plead guilty and allowed his brother-in-law to punish him."

Murong Fu took a deep breath, looked away, and said casually, "Well... A'Zhu, lest you feel distressed after seeing this for a while, please go out first."

A'Zhu was stunned for a moment, then glanced at him faintly, "A'Zi is still young, I hope you will be merciful."

"This is called a child, how can it be justified by nature?" Murong Fu glanced at Ah Zi's chest subconsciously and secretly cursed, while nodding seriously, "Don't worry, she is your biological sister, I will treat her as such.

My sister watched it."

A trace of undetectable complexity flashed across A'Zhu's face, and he turned around and left the hall.

As soon as she left, Ah Zi jumped up to Murong Fu and looked at him pitifully, "Brother-in-law, you deliberately pushed away sister, do you want to do something to Ah Zi?"

Murong Fu's heart was shaken, but he scolded him with a straight face, "That's nonsense. I think you really have no repentance at all."

Ah Zi's big eyes were filled with mist, and she was filled with tears. "Brother-in-law, I really know that I am wrong. You can do whatever you want!"

"That's what you said." Murong Fu smiled strangely, held his fist in the air, and slowly lengthened a zhenqi whip.

Ah Zi was immediately startled, "Brother-in-law, you really don't want to hit me, do you? They are all... tied up like this and let you... let you do whatever you want!"

"Shut up, who do you think my brother-in-law is? Get down!" Murong Fu shouted sternly.

"Okay, then you have to be gentler..." Ah Zi sighed sadly and slowly knelt down, with some parts of her body raised up.

There was a crisp "snap" sound, and Murong Fu whipped him down casually.

"Oh, brother-in-law, you are really hitting me..." Azi screamed strangely, and just as she was about to dodge, there were a few more snaps, which made her burst into tears in pain.

At the same time, A'Zhu outside the palace door took a long breath and finally felt relieved. It turned out that she thought Murong Fu wanted to use this to do harm to A'Zi, so she hid outside and eavesdropped. Now it seems that she was overthinking.
Chapter completed!